Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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